Ankle bone chip may end It Tiz Well's racing career

ARCADIA, Calif. - It Tiz Well, the winner of the Grade 1 Cotillion Stakes last September and two other stakes, may have run her last race.

Owner Tom Stull said Saturday that It Tiz Well has been diagnosed with a bone chip in an ankle and may be retired. He said a mating with Tapit is under discussion this year.

“She has a few issues,” Stull said. “We’ll see if she races again. She might have to be a broodmare. We’ll get a couple more evaluations.”

It Tiz Well has not raced since winning the Cotillion Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Parx Racing on Sept. 23. She was under consideration for the Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Del Mar on Nov. 3, but did not start because of a foot issue.

Trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, It Tiz Well was in steady training through December before the recent diagnosis, Stull said.

“It’s part of the business,” he said. “She was getting better and better.”

It Tiz Well has won 5 of 10 starts and earned $1,130,840. Aside from the Cotillion, It Tiz Well won the Grade 3 Honeybee Stakes at Oaklawn Park last March and the Grade 3 Delaware Oaks at Delaware Park last July.

It Tiz Well was third in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Oaks last April and second in the Grade 1 Alabama Stakes at Saratoga last August.

- additional reporting by Brad Free